Space News & Blog Articles

Catch Saturn making a close approach of the moon in its first quarter phase on Tuesday (Nov. 1).

NASA says that SpaceX plans to resume its Starship test-flight program in December with an orbital try. But that's not confirmed yet.

Opportunity also fondly known as 'Oppy' explored the Red Planet for more than 14 years.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launched classified payloads for the U.S. Space Force on its fourth-ever mission on Nov. 1, 2022. Relive the highlights.

A skyscraper-size asteroid will make a safe flyby our our planet today (Nov. 1) and it showed up on camera with the Virtual Telescope Project ahead of a live broadcast.

New evidence of an ancient ocean on Mars suggests excellent past conditions for the existence of life.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, the world's most powerful rocket currently in operation, took flight this morning (Nov. 1) for the first time in more than three years.

Quarks are elementary particles that are the building blocks of all visible matter in the universe. Explore them in more detail here.

The largest set of radar data for near-Earth asteroids will help us understand their origins and protect Earth from future impacts.

Watch all the Alien movies in order with our comprehensive list, from the 1979 original to Covenant, and including the Alien vs. Predator crossovers.

The launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday morning (Nov. 1) will be a feast for the senses.

British rocket startup Orbex has signed a 50-year lease to develop and operate its home spaceport in the north of Scotland.

A reddish moon will be visible on Nov. 8 for 85 minutes from North America, parts of South America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

For most of us, November's switch to standard time means that evening comes early enough to do some casual stargazing before dinnertime. So download or stream our Sky Tour astronomy podcast to find out about this month's lunar eclipse, possible meteor surprises, and much more.

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center on the USSF-44 mission for the U.S. Space Force. The mission will deploy two main payloads into geosynchronous orbit, and the Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters will return to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for landing. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.

A Long March 5B rocket hauls the Mengtian module into orbit for China’s Tiangong space station. Credit: China Manned Space Agency

China launched a heavy-lift Long March 5B rocket Monday with the Mengtian lab module, the final major element to complete the initial assembly and outfitting of the Chinese Tiangong space station. The lab module docked with the space station complex 13 hours later.

SpaceX rolled its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket to the launch pad on Monday (Oct. 31) ahead of a planned liftoff a day later.

Ignite Films releases 70th anniversary Blu-ray and 4K UHD restoration of 1953's classic sci-fi tale "Invaders From Mars."

The 27 Merlin engines on the Falcon Heavy’s three first stage boosters. Credit: SpaceX

The first Falcon Heavy rocket flight since 2019 is scheduled Tuesday to kick off SpaceX’s longest-duration launch mission to date, a roughly six-hour climb into geosynchronous orbit more than 20,000 miles over the equator with a bundle of payloads for the U.S. Space Force. The powerful rocket’s two reusable side boosters will return to Cape Canaveral for landing.

NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket is once again headed back to the launch pad on Friday (Nov. 4) ahead of its historic lunar mission.